OCTOBER
The October eBirder of the Month Challenge winner would be drawn from those who submitted 15 or more eligible checklists containing at least one rated photo or sound. Yikes, that sounds hard to accomplish. I guess you had to find friends / shills to rate your photos for you? Anyway I only had one checklist with a photo, but I think I may have added it to the list after October. And it doesn’t have any ratings. So.

AUGUST
The August eBirder of the Month Challenge was all about volume — submit at least 31 checklists for the month (one per day). This was during our big road trip out west. I submitted over 40 checklists, but only 16 were complete and eligible. While sightseeing I wasn’t completely focused on birding so I couldn’t record my incidentals as complete lists. WOMP WOMP

JUNE
The June eBirder of the Month Challenge winner was drawn from eBirders who submitted at least 15 checklists with at least one breeding code. I only managed four lists with breeding codes. WOMP WOMP

APRIL
The April eBirder of the Month Challenge winner will be drawn from members that submit at least 15 eligible checklists entered using eBird Mobile. I managed 24 checklists that fit the criteria for this one.

MARCH
The March eBirder of the Month Challenge winner will be drawn from submitted eligible checklists that include one photo or audio file. Each eligible checklist is one entry into the challenge. I managed 9 checklists with photos (species photos indicated in list below).

2017 Checklist-a-Day Challenge
eBird has year-long 2017 Checklist-a-Day Challenge, a competition sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. In truth in order to be eligible for entry you need to submit 365 complete checklists for the year; technically you do not have to submit a checklist for each day during 2017.